> Japans as a whole is losing population but Tokyo is increasing.
And even smaller cities are losing population much slower than their rural surroundings e.g. Wakayama mentioned in the article shrank by 10% (population wise) between the 2000 and 2015 census, but Wakayama-chi "only" shrank by 6% while rural Kushimoto-cho shrank by 23%, Susami-cho by 30%.
Exactly. We still have echo effects of the zombification of the economy since the 1990s as well.
This series does a wonderful job explaining what is happening, through story and pictures. Whole towns are disappearing. Schools are opening and closing based on what grade the only child in the district is in. Go to the oldest post and work back if u have time.
https://spikejapan.wordpress.com
